platitudes

英 [ˈplætɪtjuːdz]

美 [ˈplætɪˌtudz]

n.  陈词滥调; 老生常谈
platitude的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 陈词滥调；套话
  Aplatitudeis a statement which is considered meaningless and boring because it has been made many times before in similar situations.
  1. Why couldn't he say something original instead of spouting the same old platitudes?
     他为什么就不能讲些有新意的话，而不是喋喋不休地说些老生常谈呢？
  2. ...a stream of platitudes, outlining many problems but offering few solutions.
     概述了很多问题、但几乎没有提出解决办法的一串陈词滥调

双语例句

• All too often, these promises yield little but generic advice and platitudes.
  然而，事实上这些书给出的建议往往只是泛泛之词，或者陈腔滥调。
• Platitudes can not solve practical problems.
  用这些滥套子是解决不了实际问题的。
• He was mouthing the usual platitudes about the need for more compassion.
  他言不由衷地说些需要更加同情之类的老一套话。
• Although the television livelihood of the people news is topic of the platitudes, but carries on it with the complete contact theory the thorough analysis, this article is attempts for the first time.
  电视民生新闻虽是老生常谈之话题，但将其用完备的交往理论进行深入分析，本文是首次尝试。
• Given his liking for platitudes, he might well have added that, IRA job was worth doing, it was worth doing well.
  考虑到他爱用套话，他当时很可能会加上一句：凡值得做的事都值得做好。
• Meanwhile, at Deloitte the new chief is oozing platitudes as to the state of the company.
  而德勤新任首席执行官透露出的，则是关于公司状况的陈词滥调。
• The real estate is the national economy pillar industry, this is platitudes words, but actually does this pillar industry have the great proportion, since continuously not very accurate digit.
  房地产是国民经济的支柱产业，这是一句老生常谈的话，但这个支柱产业究竟有多大比重，一直以来并没有十分准确的数字。
• Many job descriptions are filled with platitudes and clich é s, instead of focusing on the specific tasks and qualifications that a firm is looking for.
  许多职位描述里充满了陈词滥调，并没有突出特定的工作职责，以及企业希望获得的任职资格。
• This time round, as Japanese authorities struggle to bring the crippled Fukushima plant north-east of Tokyo back under control, the French public is not buying any such platitudes.
  这一次，在日本政府尽力控制东京东北部遭受地震破坏的福岛（fukushima）核电站的局势的时候，法国公众并未对任何此类陈词滥调买账。
• He delivered a long prose full of platitudes.
  他发表了一篇充满陈词滥调的文章。